Xbox 360 – Your Options For Fixing The Ring Of Death
Do you have an Xbox 360 that freezes up? Are you getting the red ring of death error signal? You are now a member of a growing international group of frustrated and angry Xbox owners.
Misery may love company but this isn’t going to help you any, so how you can repair your Xbox will be the topic of this article. In no special order, they are:
1.) You can send back your Xbox to Microsoft for a replacement. If your Xbox is still under warranty, they’ll do this for free. Otherwise you will be charged more than $100.
If for any reason you open up your Xbox console, your warranty will be voided automatically. It doesn’t matter whether you were attempting to repair it yourself or had legitimate reasons, your warranty is gone.
This process can take a long time. Two weeks is the typical time for getting a replacement. There is also a specified packing routine that Microsoft wants you to follow before returning your Xbox.
2.) You can try to nurse your Xbox 360 back to health. If your Xbox hasn’t suffered many ring of death failures, then perhaps there hasn’t been that much heat damage. Further ring of death freeze-ups may be averted by keeping your Xbox cool when it’s in use.
Overheating is the number one reason for the red ring of death. Keep all of the cooling vents open and free of obstructions. Operate your Xbox 360 in an area that is open and well ventilated. Restrict your playing times to no more than 3 or 4 hours max.
Note that if you’re getting frequent ring of death shutdowns, then a good amount of damage has already been done. Avoiding the ring of death may not be achievable by keeping your Xbox cool. If your Xbox has had too much heat damage, expect the ring of death to occur more frequently with time.
3.) You can try to fix your Xbox yourself. Don’t forget that if you open up your console, the warranty will become void. If your warranty is already expired or voided, then you’re free to work on your Xbox since there’s nothing to lose in doing this.
Working within your Xbox can be very intimidating. But with the correct information and some ordinary household tools, it’s very doable. The Internet has a lot of information about fixing your Xbox both free and paid.
The downside of free info is the amount of research that you’ll need to do. There’s a lot of really bad advice on the Internet and weeding out good information is time consuming.
There some of paid instructional guides available that will show you exactly how to repair your Xbox by yourself. Be sure that there is a money back guarantee. The guarantee is your insurance and thus improves the reliability of the information. It also helps if the guide provides both video and text instruction.
With luck, one of the options given here will help your situation so that you can get back to your gaming.
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